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{{Short description|Usurper of throne of Roman Empire (died 261)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name            = Macrianus Minor
| full name       = Titus Fulvius Junius Macrianus
| title           = [[Roman usurper|Usurper]] of the [[Roman Empire]]
| image           = Antoninianus-Macrianus-RIC 0011.jpg
| caption         = Macrianus on a coin <br/>celebrating ''Eternal Rome''.<ref>The coinage of Macrianus and of his brother and co-emperor [[Quietus]] celebrated the army, the confidence in victory, and the foreseen arrival of happy times. All of these themes were very important in a time of emergency, when the Roman Empire had lost its Emperor in battle against the [[Sassanid Empire]], and the army was deep in enemy territory.</ref>
| reign           = 260-261 (with [[Quietus]])
| predecessor     = [[Gallienus]]
| successor       = [[Gallienus]]
| spouse 1        = 
| spouse 2        = 
| issue           = 
| dynasty         = 
| father          = [[Macrianus Major]]
| mother          = Junia (possibly)
| birth_date      = 
| birth_place     = 
| death_date      = 261
| death_place     = [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]]
| place of burial = 
| regnal name     = Imperator Caesar Titus Fulvius Iunius Macrianus Augustus
}}
{{Campaignbox Crisis of the Third Century}}
'''Titus Fulvius Junius Macrianus''' (died 261), also known as '''Macrianus Minor''', was a [[Roman usurper]]. He was the son of [[Macrianus Major|Fulvius Macrianus]], also known as Macrianus Major.<ref name="jones 528">Jones, pg. 528</ref>

== Career ==
Although his father was from an [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] family,{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Macrianus Minor's mother was of noble birth and of senatorial descent and her name, possibly, was Junia. According to the often unreliable [[Historia Augusta]], he had served as military [[tribune]] under [[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]].<ref name="jones 528" />

Macrianus, his father and his brother [[Quietus]], were in [[Mesopotamia (Roman province)|Mesopotamia]] in 260, for the [[Sassanid]] campaign of Emperor Valerian, when the Roman army was defeated, and the emperor was captured.<ref name="remp galusurp 2">Körner, http://www.roman-emperors.org/galusurp.htm#Note%202</ref> With help from his father, who kept the imperial treasure, and by the influence of [[Balista]], Valerian's [[praefect]], Macrianus gained the imperial office together with his brother [[Quietus]],<ref name="remp galusurp 2" /> through the election by the army, in contrast with the lawful Emperor [[Gallienus]], son and co-emperor with Valerian, who was far in the West. The two emperors and brothers were recognized in the eastern part of the Empire, having a stronghold in [[Egypt (Roman province)|Egypt]], the grain supplying province for the city of [[Rome]].

After having temporarily secured the Persian frontier, Macrianus Major and Macrianus Minor moved to the West to attack and eliminate their rival Gallienus.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} They were however defeated in autumn 261 by [[Aureolus]],<ref name="jones 528" /> and later killed by their own soldiers at the father's request.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

== Cultural depictions ==
Macrianus appears in [[Harry Sidebottom]]'s historical fiction novel series as one of the series' antagonists.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}.

==See also==
* [[Gallienus usurpers]]

== References ==
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== Sources ==
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* [http://www.roman-emperors.org/galusurp.htm#Note%202 Körner, Christian, "Usurpers in the east: The Macriani and Ballista", s.v. "Usurpers under Gallienus", ''De Imperatoribus Romanis''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022051820/http://www.roman-emperors.org/galusurp.htm#Note%202 |date=2012-10-22 }}
* Jones, A.H.M., Martindale, J.R. ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I: AD260-395'', Cambridge University Press, 1971

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